Improvement in coal-carts



F, SCHOLE S. Coal-Cart.

N'o.210 ,153. Patented Nov.19,1878. I SXQA.

N PETERSiPHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. C.

UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK sO OLEs, on BROOKLYN, E. D.,.NEW YORK.

IMPROVEM ENT IN COAL-CARTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 210,153, dated November19, 1878; application filed June 5, 1878. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK sorrows, of Brooklyn, E. 1)., in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Goal-Carts, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing,in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of a cartembracing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to carts for transporting coal, ashes, sand, andother similar substances; and its chief aim is to produce a cart thebody of which can be unloaded solely by the inherent gravity of itscontents, and without dumping the body. To attain this objectcart-bodies have been made stationary, and with an inclined bottom, butwith the usual vertical front side. This construction, however, does notallow of inclining the bottom of the body to such a degree that theentire load is discharged, it being necessary to shovel out a portion ofthe contents, and hence the desired object was not thereby attained in asatisfactory manner.

My invention consists in a cart having the axle of its wheels passingthrough a stationary body or box intermediate of its top and bottom, andto which it is rigidly attached, the discharge end of said body beingentirely below the axle and the top above said axle, said body or boxbeing inclined from its upper front edge to its lower rear edge belowthe axle, the discharge mouth of said body being provided with atail-gate, as hereinafter described, whereby the body is adapted tounload its contents by gravity and without dumping.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the body of my cart, hung on anaxle, B, which is mounted on wheels 0 O at its opposite ends, and towhich are connected the shafts D.

The cart-body A is inclined from the upper front edge, e, to the lowerrear edge, f, thereof, and I prefer to make the same of concavo-convexform, as shown in Fig. 1.

The letter G designates the tail-board of the cart-body. In the exampleshown this board embraces or covers only a portion of the rear side ofthe body A, and immediately above the upper edge thereof the rear sideof the body is, by preference, curved in a forward direction, as at Itbut, if seen fit, the tailboard G may be arranged to extend from the topto the bottom of the cart-body, as in the ordinary dumping coal-carts. Iconnect the tail-board H to the lower rear edge, f, of the cart-body byhingejoints 6 of any suitable construction, and also combine therewith asuitable catch for fastening the same at its upper or free edge.

The cart-body is hung on the axle or axletree B at an intermediate pointbetween the top and bottom thereof, as shown in Fig. 1; and in order tosteady the body on the axle, it is firmly secured thereto, while, inorder to lessen the strain on the axle, the body is also secured to thecross-bar j of the cart-shafts.

It will be seen that the surface of the cartbody A, on which the coal orother substance rests, has a large angle, and hence, when the contentsthereof are permitted to discharge, not a particle remains in the body.Another efl'ect of the said angle is to throw the weight of the load tothe rear of the cart-body.

To permit of discharging the contents of the cart-body A, the tailboardG is released and swung down, so that its free edge rests on the ground,as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 1, in which position it serves toconduct the coal or other matter to the sidewalk or other place wherethe same is to be deposited, and by this arrangement I am enabled todeposit a load of coal or other matter on a sidewalk without regard tothe size of the cart-wheels.

By hanging the cart-body A in the manner shown, the lower or dischargeend thereof is brought near to the ground, and the least fall is givento the discharging load, while the body is also balanced to a greatextent, and the draft is made easy.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cart having the axle B of the wheels passing through the stationarybody, intermediate of its top and bottom and to which it is rigidlyattached, the discharge end ofthe body being entirely below and the opentop above the axle and said body being inclined from its upper frontedge to its lower rear edge below the axle, the discharge-mouth of thebody being provided with a tail-gate, all as shown and described,whereby the body is adapted to unload the contents by gravity andwithout dumping, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 29th day of May, 1878.

FRDK. SGHOLES. IL. s.'] Witnesses: W. HAUFF,

CHAS. VVAHLERs.

